Procurement Category Manager - Facilities & Engineering

Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds.

The company has 117,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.1 billion in the 2015 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world

Salary:
Up to £41,000.00

Location:

Choice of Arvato site;
Birmingham, Derby, Corby

Hours:

Monday to Friday - 40 hour week  

As a UK Procurement Specialist, you'll responsible for the procurement of Arvato’s Facilities & Engineering Departments. Your typical day-to-day duties will include meeting with Suppliers, working on tenders RFI’s and RFQ’s, implementing Supplier Agreements, negotiating Contracts, and working with internal stakeholders as a dotted line into Head of Facilities & Engineering.  

You will be responsible for creating the category strategy and aligning with the group approach. You will represent procurement at a UK and European level within your categories to build partnerships, introduce new Suppliers and implement new ways of working.

Your Tasks  
Work closely with the Facilities & Engineering Team and take ownership and accountability of category strategy.  
Preparation and execution of tenders, RFI’s and RFQ’s for facilities &  
engineering  
Consolidate existing Suppliers and source new  
Source new products and materials  
Negotiate and implement Supplier Agreements  
Supplier commercial negotiations  
Work with key Suppliers to improve service levels and potential group  
growth  
Build relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure effective  
implementation of change  
Be accountable for achieving agreed targets and objectives  
Drive process standardisation and simplification  
Manage Supplier OTIF, troubleshoot associated service issues, and lead  
escalations  
Promote sustainability standards throughout the Arvato and Supplier supply chains   

Your Profile

Experience of facilities management & engineering MRO procurement within an FMCG environment, ideally warehousing and logistics   
Must be able to demonstrate hands on experience with the end-to-end RFI, RFQ and tender delivery

Experience with in business process design advantageous   
Able to evidence success within Supplier consolidation programs   
Strong analytical and organisational skills   
Able to create strategic and tactical plans   
Good influencer and able to work well with stakeholders   
A working knowledge of Project Management   
Able to balance priorities and work to tight deadlines   
Good communicator – clear and concise, written and verbal

Experience with performance management and reporting   
Problem solving   
Conflict resolution skills   
Good IT skills and a working knowledge of SAP is desirable   

We Offer   
25 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days    
Pension contribution   
A life assurance policy that pays out 4 x Salary    
Employee Assistance Programme that provides you with confidential support, information, and advice to help you   
Employee Discount Scheme through Treats   
Free car parking Profile